Iconic French actress Catherine Deneuve stars, for one and only time, in a Christmas Special on Greek television. The show is directed by Vassilis Vlahodimitropoulos and written by Kostas Panagiotopoulos.
This Christmas Special show, produced in 1991, takes a more surreal, and somewhat bizarre turn. She (Catherine Deneuve), is a nameless woman with a radiant presence, full of passion and joy. He (Stratos Tzorgoglou) is an elusive young man, with a strong and demanding personality, who goes by the name of Alexander – could it be the eponymous Alexander the Great? They are mysterious, they are beautiful, and they represent the Divine and the human essence that merge together at Christmas time. But this Christmas eve, they will tell us their secrets…
The film includes footage of Catherine Deneuve’s visit to Athens that year, footage of a dramatized text performance by Deneuve and actor Stratos Tzorgoglou, at the Temple of Olympian Zeus, Mount Lycabettus and at the Panathenaic Stadium (Kallimarmaro), as well as songs performed by the popular Greek performers Eleni Vitali, Tania Tsanaklidou, Eleni Dimou and Konstantina in the studios of ERT (Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation).
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Original Title: 365 Μέρες Χριστούγεννα
Cast:
Catherine Deneuve
Stratos Tzorgoglou
Movie Trivia:
1. This show originally aired on 24th December 1991.
2. This was Deneuve’s first appearance on Greek television. She would participate again in a greek production in 2012’s “God loves Caviar” (also known as “The Pirate”), where she portrayed Catherine the Great, empress of Russia, opposite Sebastian Koch. The film tells the story of Ioannis Varvakis, an important benefactor for both Greece and Russia, who played a major part in the Greek Revolution of 1821.
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